Dean Martin

Among the countless buildings damaged in Texas by Hurricane Harvey was the renowned Alley Theatre in downtown Houston. The theater underwent a $46.5 million renovation just two years ago.

The Alley has numerous connections to theaters in Connecticut. Its longtime Artistic Director Greg Boyd (who has a home in Fairfield County) directed the pre-Broadway tryouts of Frank Wildhorn's "Jekyll & Hyde" and "The Civil War" at the Shubert in New Haven in the 1990s, brilliant productions of "Dear Brutus" and "Journey's End" at Westport Playhouse and "Travesties" at the Long Wharf (all in 2005), "Our Town" at Hartford Stage in...

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